A primary reference tool on the general principles and the particular aspects of common law damages, McGregor on Damages is the leading authority on damages.

As part of the Common Law Library, McGregor on Damages provides in-depth and comprehensive coverage of the law, from detailed consideration of the general principles to a full analysis of specific areas of damages.

The 20th edition contains a number of significant new features:

A new chapter on account of profits/disgorgement damages and an almost complete rewrite of the chapter on restitutionary damages. These are two types of gain-based damages remedy which are often neglected and commonly misunderstood.

A new chapter on damages for breach of court undertakings including undertakings given in order to secure an injunction

Increased coverage of monetary awards in equity. This is an area which saw greater alignment with common law damages in the Supreme Court decision in AIB Group (UK) Plc v Mark Redler & Co Solicitors [2014] UKSC 58; [2014] 3 WLR 1367

Discussion and explanation of significant developments in the Court of Appeal and High Court in relation to damages for personal injuries, professional negligence, breach of privacy and misuse of private information, consequential loss clauses, pure economic loss, aggravated damages, vindicatory damages and many more.

EDITORS & EDITORIAL BOARD

The Hon. Justice James Edelman has been a Justice of the High Court of Australia since 30 January 2017, and is a former justice of the Federal Court of Australia and the Supreme Court of Western Australia. Prior to his judicial appointment he was a barrister at One Essex Court chambers and Professor of the Law of Obligations at the University of Oxford.